CMI Student research funded by CMI
Each year, a part of the funding from the University of Alaska Coastal Marine Institute supports graduate students conducting important research under the supervision of CMI project principal investigators. This funding supports the training of tomorrow's scientists, while at the same time furthering research projects that meet CMI's priorities.
The information below includes CMI-supported students who have graduated and those who are still completing their degrees.
Alisa A. Abookire
M.S. program
Environmental factors affecting seasonal habitat and distribution of flathead sole and rock sole in Kachemak Bay, Alaska
M.S. thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1997
Project support
Recruitment of juvenile flatfishes in Alaska
Brenda L. Norcross, principal investigator
TO 18445, 11983; 1993-1994
Juvenile flatfish habitat in Kachemak Bay: A pilot study
Brenda L. Norcross, principal investigator
TO 11988; 1994-1995
Defining habitats for juvenile flatfishes in south central Alaska
Brenda L. Norcross, principal investigator
TO 12041; 1995-1998
Stacia A. Backensto
Ph.D. program
Project support
Foraging ecology of common ravens (Corvus corax) on Alaska's coastal plain
Abby N. Powell, principal investigator
TO 85294; 2003-2006
John S. Chythlook
M.S. program
Systematics of Beringian threespine sticklebacks
M.S. thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2000
Project support
The Alaska Frozen Tissue Collection and associated electronic database: A resource for marine biotechnology, Phase I
Joseph A. Cook and Gordon H. Jarrell, principal investigators
TO 12040; 1995-1998
The Alaska Frozen Tissue Collection and associated electronic database: A resource for marine biotechnology, Phase II
Joseph A. Cook and Gordon H. Jarrell, principal investigators
TO 15164; 1998-2001
Casey W. Debenham
M.S. program
Project support
Role of grazers on the re-colonization of hard-bottom communities in the Alaska Beaufort Sea
Brenda Konar, principal investigator
TO 85244; 2002-2005
Sherri C. Dressel
Ph.D. program
Project support
Recruitment of juvenile flatfishes in Alaska
Brenda L. Norcross, principal investigator
TO 18445; 1993-1994
Juvenile flatfish habitat in Kachemak Bay: A pilot study
Brenda L. Norcross, principal investigator
TO 11988; 1994-1995
Defining habitats for juvenile flatfishes in south central Alaska
Brenda L. Norcross, principal investigator
TO 12041; 1995-1998
Switgard Duesterloh
Ph.D. program
The role of copepods in the distribution of hydrocarbons: An experimental approach
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2000
Project support
The role of zooplankton in the distribution of hydrocarbon
Thomas C. Shirley, principal investigator
TO 15171; 1999-2003
Kathleen A. Gannon
M.S. program
Petroleum hydrocarbon degrading microbial communities of Arctic Ocean sediment
M.S. thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2002
Project support
Petroleum hydrocarbon degrading microbial communities in Beaufort Sea sediments
Joan F. Braddock and Jon E. Lindstrom, principal investigators
TO 15175; 1999-2003
Charles D. Hamel
M.S. program
Impact analysis of the marine sport fisheries of middle and lower Cook Inlet
M.S. thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2001
Project support
An economic assessment of the marine sport fisheries for halibut, and chinook and coho salmon in lower Cook Inlet
Keith R. Criddle, Mark Herrmann, S. Todd Lee, Charles Hamel, Hans T. Geier, Joshua A. Greenberg, and Carol E. Lewis, principal investigators
TO 15181; 1997-2000
Amy C. Hirons
Ph.D. program
Trophic dynamics of pinniped populations in Alaska using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2001
Project support
Testing conceptual models of marine mammal trophic dynamics using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios
Donald M. Schell, principal investigator
TO 11985; 1993-1997
Michael J. Knoche
M.S. program
Project support
King and common eider migrations past Point Barrow
Lori T. Quakenbush, principal investigator
TO 85241; 2002-2006
Rebecca A. McGuire
Ph.D. program
Project support
Breeding biology and habitat use of king eiders on the coastal plain of northern Alaska
Abby N. Powell and Robert S. Suydam, principal investigators
TO 85240; 2002-2005
Bruce C. McIntosh
M.S. program
Feeding ecology of maturing sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in nearshore waters of the Kodiak archipelago
M.S. thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2001
Project support
Feeding ecology of maturing sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in nearshore waters of the Kodiak Archipelago
Albert V. Tyler and Charles O. Swanton, principal investigators
TO 15160; 1998-2000
Laura M. Phillips
M.S. program
Project support
Importance of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea to king eiders (Somateria spectabilis)
Abby N. Powell, principal investigator
TO 15182; 2001-2004
Alexander K. Prichard
M.S. program
Evaluation of pigeon guillemots as bioindicators of nearshore ecosystem health
M.S. thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1997
Project support
Intertidal and subtidal effects of pollution: Assessment of top-trophic-level predators as bioindicators
Lawrence K. Duffy, principal investigator
TO 11987; 1993-1997
Zachary D. Richter
M.S. program
Bioavailability of phenathrene in marine intertidal sediment
M.S. thesis, University of Northern Iowa, 1996
Project support
Intertidal and subtidal effects of pollution: Assessment of top-trophic-level predators as bioindicators
Joan F. Braddock, principal investigator
TO 11986; 1994-1997
Deborah A. Rocque
Ph.D. program
Intrinsic markers in avian populations: Explorations in stable isotopes, contaminants, and genetics
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2003
Project support
Seabird samples as resources for marine environmental assessment
Kevin Winker, principal investigator
TO 15173; 1999-2002
Amy M. Runck
M.S. program
Molecular and morphological perspectives on post-glacial colonization of Clethrionomys rutilus and Clethrionomys gapperi in Southeast Alaska
M.S. thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2001
Project support
The Alaska Frozen Tissue Collection and associated electronic database: A resource for marine biotechnology, Phase I
Joseph A. Cook and Gordon H. Jarrell, principal investigators
TO 12040; 1995-1998
The Alaska Frozen Tissue Collection and associated electronic database: A resource for marine biotechnology, Phase II
Joseph A. Cook and Gordon H. Jarrell, principal investigators
TO 15164; 1998-2001
Michael A. Simpkins
Ph.D. program
Three-dimensional diving behavior of ringed seals
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2000
Project support
Correction factors for ringed seal surveys in northern Alaska
Brendan P. Kelly and Lori T. Quakenbush, principal investigators
TO 15162; 1998-2001
Steve Sklavounos
M.S. program
The ecology and reproductive biology of the sand dollar Echinarachnius parma in Kasitsna Bay, Alaska
M.S. thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1996
Project support
Kachemak Bay experimental and monitoring studies
Raymond C. Highsmith, principal investigator
TO 11982; 1994-1997
Stacy L. Smith
Ph.D. program
Temporal and spatial variability of sinking particles in the southeast Bering Sea
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2003
Project support
A study of the adsorption of aromatic hydrocarbons by marine sediments
Susan M. Henrichs, principal investigator
TO 11981; 1994-1996
Sarah A. Sonsthagen
Ph.D. program
Project support
Population structure of common eiders nesting on coastal barrier islands adjacent to oil facilities in the Beaufort Sea
Kevin G. McCracken, principal investigator
TO 85239; 2002-2005
Audrey Taylor
Ph.D. program
Behavior and Physiology of Post-breeding Shorebirds on Alaska's North Slope
Project support
Pre-migratory Movements and Physiologhy of Shorebirds Stagin on Alaska's North Slope
Abby Powell, principal investigator
TO 35289; 2004-2008
John A. Terschak
Ph.D. program
Phenanthrene adsorption and desorption by melanoidins and marine sediment humic acids
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2002
Project support
Interaction between marine humic matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in lower Cook Inlet and Port Valdez, Alaska
David G. Shaw, principal investigator
TO 12039; 1995-1997
Kinetics and mechanisms of slow PAH desorption from lower Cook Inlet and Beaufort Sea sediments
Susan M. Henrichs, principal investigator
TO 15170; 1999-2001
Jennifer L. Trask
M.S. program
Ecological aspects of deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities: Biological diversity, reproductive biology, and ontogenetic changes in stable isotope ratios
M.S. thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1996
Project support
Kachemak Bay experimental and monitoring studies
Raymond C. Highsmith, principal investigator
TO 11982; 1994-1997